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J. J. BAUSGH.

EYEGL'ASSES.

(No Modiel.)

No. 554,227. Patented Feb. 1l, 1896.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN J. BAUSCII, OF ROCHESTER, NEV YORK, ASSIGNOR TO THE BAIIS'CII d:LOMB OPTICAL COMPANY, OE SAME PLACE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 554,227, dated February11, 1896.

Application filed January 16, 1895. Serial N0. 535,094. (No model.)

- hereby declare the following to be a full, clear,

and exact description of the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, and to thereference-numerals marked thereon.

My present invention relates to eyeglasses, and has for its objects toprovide a nose-piece therefor, which is simple and cheap inconstruction, and which is not liable to get out of order; and to theseends it consists in certain improvements in construction hereinafterdescribed,the novel features being pointed out in the claims at the endof this specification.

In the drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of a portion of apair ofeyeglasses with my improved nose-piece applied thereto; Fig. 2, alongitudinal sectional view through the inner part of the nose piece orpad; Fig. 3, aplan view of the blank for the pad-shank; Fig. 4, across-sectional view of the pad on the line oc o; of Fig. 2.

Similar reference-nu1nerals in the several figures indicate similarparts. p

The lens 1, bow-string 2, and securing-clips 3 of the glasses shown maybe of the ordinary or any preferred construction, the nose pieces orpads, however, forming the subject of my present invention. These areconstructed in two parts, one consisting of the shank-piece 4, formedfrom a single piece of sheet metal, as in Fig. 3, having the endpreferably slightly enlarged and provided with the two integral ears orlugs 5, somewhat separated, while the base of the nose-piece is formedof a plate of metal 6 provided with two apertures, through which thelugs 5 on the shank-piece are inserted, said lugs then bein gturned downupon the plate 6, as shown, or they may be upset, thereby fastening thetwo parts securely together, and as the lugs 5 are somewhat separatedthe plate G will be prevented from turning and becoming loose.

It is obvious that the base-plate 6 of the nosepiece may have `appliedto it any kind of a 5o pad, as celluloid, rubber or cork, for coming incontact with the wearers nose; but I prefer to turn up the flanges 8 atthe sides, as shown, and cause them to clamp a cork pad 9 in place, thisserving as wellas a cover for 55 the turned-in or upset lugs 5, asshown. This construction I ind to be very cheap and it completelyovercomes the difficulty existing in the nose-pieces now on the marketin which the base-plate and shank are secured by a sin- 6o gle rivet, asthere are two points of connection between the shank and plate, onneither of which can the said plate turn.

While I have shown the end of the shankpiece as slightly enlarged in thedirection of the length of the plate 6, it is obvious that when slightlyheavier or stiffer metal is used for the parts the lugs could be formeddirectly on the sides without enlarging the ends.

I claim as my inventionl. The herein-described nose-piece foreyeglassesconsisting of the shank-piece 4 having the two ears 5, 5 formed onopposite sides of the end thereof, of the base-plate 6, having the twoseparated apertures through which the lugs on the shank-piece are passedand secured by having the ends bent down, substantially as described.

2. In the herein-described nose-piece for eyeglasses, the combinationwith the shank-piece 8o 4 having the two ears 5, 5 formed on oppositesides of one end, the base-plate 6 having the apertures and the bent-upsides 8, and the pad 9 held by the sides, said shank and baseplate beingconnected by passing the ears through the apertures in the latter andthen upsetting them, the pad covering the ends, substantially asdescribed.

JOHN J. BAUSCII.

Witnesses F. F. CHURCH, P. I-I. YAwMAN.

